Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Fear + Excitement = Enjoyment

It's thrilling to watch Jake and Bear navigate the terrain and the weather. Bear is a patient, trusty guide and Jake is a quick study. The promo clips showed a glimpse, but you get to see Jake trek through snow, dig a cave, traverse a snow tunnel (scary!), cross a river and, of course, crawl on a rope over a deep ravine.

One of the adventures we didn't see in promo clips was Jake and Bear crossing a river. Which they had to do shirtless. I think that's in Part 4:

If you can't access that, here's a peek:

Is it chilly in here?

The rope crossing was amazing, even with the sneak preview we got. It was very tense waiting to see Jake make it across, and his sense of joy, relief and pride was palpable:

By the end of the episode, Jake's fear of heights seemed to disappear, as he triumphantly ascended to make their exit, dangling happily from the helicopter. What a difference two days makes!

For people who want to relive or who haven't gotten to see Jake's Man v. Wild episode: If those IHJ links are too slow, here are two separate places to find it: Five clips on youtube or the whole episode.

58 comments:

What a difference two days make indeed. That was truly exciting. Thanks for getting it up so quickly UV and thanks to Stephanie at IHJ. I couldn't stay awake for the blog commentary last night as I didn't know about it but seen them this morning so thanks you guys for making us feel a part of it all.

Strangely enough, even though we knew he's ok, I felt such trepidation for him not to get hurt or injured. I mean, he was on a volcano for crying out loud that only erupted just over a year ago which shut down European air space for nearly a month. The fact that there were still newly created rock formations from the frozen lava was fantastic.

I only discovered Bear Grylls a few years ago but some of the things he was eating were so disgusting I had to stop watching but now my son is fascinated by Bear's adventures its so great that when it finally comes here I have something of Jake's that I can watch together with a child again.

I am so sorry that I missed the live blogging last night, I went to bed right after, too much excitement, LOL!!!

What a great title for this post, I was so proud of Jake, the look of joy and acomplishment on his face after he crossed over on that rope says it all. I think he may have gotten over his fear of heights!

Yes I did feel cold while watching Sheba which was great because it's been hot as hell here then Jake went shirtless then it got hot again:)

He really threw himself into this adventure, what a great thrill it was watching. Could have done w/o the lame BBM joke, Bear didn't have to got there but he did.

Thanks so much UV and Stephanie for doing such a quick job posting the clips and the video.

Admittedly this is my first episode, but what I really find remarkable, is that there were so many variables way out of their control. The weather and the terrain posed some incredible challenges, and so much of what the faced was completely unpredictable.

I think Jake summoned every single bit of training and experience he's ever had to get thru this. I couldn't help but think of his physical prep for PoP, and his training as an actor, focus, discipline, trust, breathing,etc. to deal with his fears.

I watched last night. Er I think it was morning.Awww I loved it! At first, I felt that Jake was nervous, but then he seemed eh I'm here, so let's go. I liked his courage with every thing he did. He was beautiful, funny and brave in every moment.In the end he was proud and happy.

You know, I was thinking about back to when they shot it. I remember how we saw tweets of Jake at some club in Iceland, and at the Laundromat restaurant, and shopping for gear, then he was gone with Bear, then back, and on to the airport home.

So the shoot really did happen over a couple of days. I mention it because this was truly not some show where they shot for a week then edited the footage.

The weather, the terrain, the crossing over the gorge, etc. was all real. I don't see how they could have faked that stuff. I think this was a short adventure, but it sure wwas intense.

The whole twitter-verse loved Jake last night! No nastiness or snark, just acknowledgement and appreciation of his accomplishments. Plus helped the cameraman negotiate the terrain at times; he blew me away.nite nite all,love you all,sass

Aww, that's nice to hear, Monica. And hello, Dani :) Glad you liked that. There really is a long list of adjectives to describe Jake on this episode. So glad you and Dani and others got to see it, Monica.

We can't know the full risk, of course, but it definitely was real. Didn't Bear say that extra line wouldn't have saved Jake? Eek.

Sass, there was so nastiness and snark, as ever with Jake. But you're right that it was mostly positive and really fun to see.

Loved the bit where Jake helped the camera crew.

Mary, The second time is just as good!

Someone on FB said she saw Jake going to the movies at the Grove in LA tonight.

I've seen a few posts accusing Bear of being a fake, but I was thinking. It was a short shoot, and I think the weather and their schedules may have played into that.

But even so, I think, since it's a TV show, the production crew probably did recon, and plotted out a route for them. That would be sensible, since the setting is so unpredictable, and you have to get your people in and out before they literally get blown away, freeze to death, or fried. LOL!

As for Jake crossing the gorge, I noticed the rope and the wood holding it in place were not old or weathered too much. That made me feel better...(!) So maybe they made sure in advance that the rope was sturdy and secured on both sides, but that would definitely not make it any less dangerous.

There's absolutely nothing anyone can criticize about the two of them. They really did some very dramatic, harrowing stuff.

I really like Jesse Eisenberg, I'm just not sure how much range he has. Michael Pena was so good in "Crash." Sorry to mention the movie, but that's were I first noticed him, then "World Trade Center," with Maggie.

I was thinking about something Jake mentioned several months ago after he'd turned 30. A reporter had asked him if he had anything special planned and he said something about taking his family to the arctic and going swimming with the whales or walrus'

I wonder if he was in talks to do Man Vs Wild at the time and that was kind of a reference to it.

"Oh god, I hooe he didn't turn it down in order to do that movie! I'm bummed about this"

UV, you're reading my mind! I thought Peter had a shoot with Naomi on the movie she's doing in September? I'm hoping Jake signs up for something really wonderful... and I really don't care if he isn't involved in the running movie.

im dissappointed too but i thought peter was still looking for some one to finance born to run hopefully jake passed on this film for another role and not born to run wouldnt mind if he was a producer but not to star in it

Found this in a June article reprinted on Christopher McDougall's blog: "Aiming for a winter shoot, the indie "Run" is looking at alternative offers for financing. Sarsgaard says, "There’s a lot of different ways of financing this movie because it’s such a popular book and all those kind of companies like Terra Plana and other shoe companies. There’s a lot of different people that even like running/training groups that has nothing to do with the book. So, we have a number of options which is nice. If the movie were just an original screenplay, not based on anything, it would be a lot tougher to make. It’s got sort of a built-in core audience which is a big advantage"

It can take years for a movie project to finally get to being filmed. Have heard people talk about 6 years and more. It is kind of rare if something is done quickly.Maybe Jake is also being picky about what he does. Not all, but some actors, who do movie after movie some of those movies may be forgotten quickly. Jake has to be moved when he reads something. If he decides to not do something it might be because there is something on the horizon he is more interested in.

The actors, who were on riding along with police on patrol in South Los Angeles, were on the scene of a gang shooting late Wednesday. The actors are researching police work for their roles in the upcoming movie "End of Watch."

Sgt. Angela McGee says a gang member shot a rival, who is hospitalized with a grazing bullet wounds above his lip and on an arm. Two suspects walked away and there are no arrests.

I always want to see Jake busy making movies! I'd love to see his IMDB schedule booked for the next three years! : )

Then I force myself to remember that Jake's been pretty busy since Brothers' release, in Nov.'09; PoP, May, 2010; LAOD, November,2010; SC, March, 2011. He's either been making movies, or promoting movies.

I hate the idea of no movies coming out in the foreseeable future, but that could change if he decides to do something, and it gets fast tracked. It's happened before.

Seems like he takes his time to re-charge, maybe read scripts, or get involved in developing new projects. Yeah, sometimes it takes a very long time.

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Jake is the kind of guy who can do a spot-on impression of someone you work with. He plays guitar and has a great voice. Kids and dogs love him. He loves his mom and sister and girlfriend. He's perfect. Too bad he's ugly. ~ Natalie Portman